Posted by Editoron October 29, 2015in Local News|Comments Off on The Resurrection Project Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Huge Announcement

On October 22, more than 800 of Chicago’s civic, business, and community leaders celebrated The Resurrection Project’s (TRP) 25th Anniversary Gala. At the culmination of the event, TRP announced an unprecedented $25 million Imagine More Campaign. This campaign will fund the organization’s Vision 2020 plan, a strategic initiative to leverage an additional $460 million in neighborhood reinvestment to transform troubled communities into communities of promise.

The Imagine More Campaign has already secured $16.5 million in gifts and pledges, including a $10 million challenge grant by a generous anonymous donor. The leadership cabinet for this campaign includes: J. Thomas Hurvis, co-founder and chairman of Old World Industries; James W. Mabie, partner at William Blair & Co.; Jose Luis Prado, former president of Quaker Oats North America; and John Rowe, chairman emeritus of Exelon Corp.

“The Resurrection Project began 25 years ago as a community-based effort with a modest $30,000 in initial investment,” said James W. Mabie. “Such campaigns are typically reserved for larger cultural and academic organizations, but given TRP’s leadership and success in leveraging more than $346 million in community investment to improve the quality of life in several neighborhoods, the organization is positioned to have a successful campaign.”